Churchill and The Mayflower, a 2020 Revisit.

[Gregory B. Smith]

In my 2014 book “The American Ancestry of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill” I recounted how modern genealogists have discredited the Churchill family’s assertion that Churchill was a Mayflower descendant through descent from Mayflower passenger Richard Warren.

I also showed that he was a descendant of immigrant Francis¹ Sprague’s grandson John³ Sprague.

New research by the New England Historical and Genealogical Society’s Christopher Challender Child, published in the Summer 2019 edition of the “Mayflower Descendant” used DNA evidence to determine that John³ Sprague’s father was not John² Sprague, but in fact was  Samuel² Fuller (c1629-1695), the son of Mayflower passenger Samuel¹ Fuller.

In an interesting side note, which gives credence to the DNA evidence, John³ Sprague’s wife Ruth Basset and he were brought to court and fined for fornication, because it turned out she was pregnant when they married, although at the time, John³ Sprague was presumed to be the father.

Thus, any descendant of John³ Sprague (including Churchill and his descendants) can claim Mayflower descent. This DNA connection has been accepted as valid by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.

Perhaps in this 400^th anniversary year of the arrival of the Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, one of Churchill’s descendants will honor the occasion by becoming a member of The Mayflower Society.

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[Homeporter]

Churchill was related to Mayflower passenger John Howland, the man who fell overboard in a storm and was able to snag a line trailing in the water behind the ship. Howland was also the source of several US presidents. I learned this from my good friend G. Dulany Howland.

Larry Kryske, CDR, USN Ret.)

www.YourFinestHour.com

Author of

CHURCHILL'S CAT: A Feline Remembrance

CHURCHILL Without Blood, Sweat, or Tears: Applying His Methods for Today's Leaders

[David Freeman]

Churchill was related to John Howland, but, as the chart shows, he was not descended from John Howland but rather Howland's younger brother Arthur, who did not come over on the Mayflower. Important to be clear about this. This new evidence is the first to prove conclusively that WSC was descended from a Mayflower passenger.

David

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[Antoine Capet]

Dear All,

In connection with my work for the Royal Historical Society Bibliography,
just seen an article of interest to Churchillians who have access to the
journal _Northern History_ through their libraries:

Author: Nuttall, Paul A.
Title: ‘Whiteballed’: Randolph Churchill, The Conservative Union and the
Liverpool Conservative Party, 1935
Journal: Northern History, 57 - 2 Date: 2020 Pages: 250-269
DOI: 10.1080/0078172X.2020.1748356
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0078172X.2020.1748356

Abstract : In January 1935, Randolph Churchill, the son of Winston,
announced that he intended to stand in a by-election in what was considered
the safe Tory seat of Liverpool Wavertree. Churchill, however, was not the
official Conservative Party candidate: he was an ‘Independent Conservative’
standing on a platform of opposition to the Government of India Bill and the
need for a larger air force. His campaign morphed into a crusade against the
Liverpool Conservative Party and in particular its leader, Sir Thomas White.
The Liverpool Conservative Party had, through a series of local ‘bosses’,
controlled the city for a generation. During the inter-war period questions
were raised about its methods, including overbearing caucus management and a
pandering to sectarianism. Churchill’s campaign, which lasted between March
and November 1935, brought these issues to the fore. In eleven eventful
months, Churchill stood in two parliamentary elections, attempted to
overthrow the central organisation, lost a libel case and alienated almost
everyone in the city. Churchill claimed that the rejection of his campaign
by the Liverpool Conservative Party amounted to him being ‘whiteballed’ – a
reference to the local leader. This article is the first time these events
have been covered in significant detail.


With all best wishes,

Antoine CAPET, FRHistS
Professor emeritus of British Studies
University of Rouen
76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan
France
antoin...@univ-rouen.fr

'Britain since 1914' Section Editor
Royal Historical Society Bibliography

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[Antoine Capet]

Dear All,

Seen in today's Guardian (London) :

No 10 takes relaxed view as Biden removes Churchill bust from Oval Office

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/21/no-10-takes-relaxed-view-as-biden-removes-churchill-bust-from-oval-office?utm_term=dfc6ba1dc4e3d366bf1a5215a79ed159&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email

[Liam McLoughlin]

Perhaps this shows the real constituency to which Biden is craven.

Regards

Liam McLoughlin 

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